Exactly correct IMO, with a long standing and many posts as yours there is little risk to a seller, whilst there is a great deal of risk for the buyer, trading with a newbie. I have, on a couple of occasions done the same and have been virtually told to 'take a hike', no deal was done. Newbies have got to understand that there have been too many rip offs of late by new members trading on their first post, and have got to either deal face to face, send goods first or not sell. Many well established members can back their offer with other members that they have successfully traded with, newbies can't do that.